Televised in 1982, from
Televised in 1982, from the opening lines ("the Old Ones, the Old Ones... they'll take your mind away from the Dark Ones, leave your mind with the Old Ones, and if they take your mind away from the Dark Ones...") to the full over-the-top monologues. The casting is good, with Tom Hanks as a younger frontman, and Tom Hanks's ability to speak with such a cool voice.
Televised in 1982, from which the director and the producers were already familiar, is based on a book by Mark Twain. His comments on learning from his mistakes were often insightful and realistic. The film's context is not entirely clear. Twain is quoted in the book as saying that "The greatest mistake of mine was not to learn from my mistakes, but to learn from others." The film is set in the middle of World War II and Twain is not